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Here's a link to Bob's book, "An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp": https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/eintr.html https://www.gnu.org/software/e
by sillysaurus3 9y ago
Here's a link to Bob's book, "An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp": https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/eintr.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/eintr.html
You can buy it here for $25 from the FSF: https://shop.fsf.org/books/signed-introduction-programming-emacs-lisp-3rd-edition https://shop.fsf.org/books/signed-introduction-programming-e...
This has been a valuable resource on my own road toward learning elisp, and I'm very grateful he wrote it and made it freely available.
- davexunit 9y agoIt's preferable to purchase GNU books and documentation through the FSF rather than Amazon: https://shop.fsf.org/books/signed-introduction-programming-emacs-lisp-3rd-edition https://shop.fsf.org/books/signed-introduction-programming-e...
- sillysaurus3 9y agoThank you! I'll update my comment.
- krylon 9y agoThe introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp was my first contact with Lisp. And the reason I took it up - the excuse I used to cover up my insatiable curiosity - was that I was writing my diary using emacs, and since emacs was all about customization, it should be possible to create a keyboard shortcut to insert the current date and time of day. And down the rabbit hole I went. So, in a way, Bob Chassell contributed to me becoming a programmer.
- squires 9y agoOne line that made an impression on me when I read this book a few years ago: "Having GNU Emacs is like having a dragon's cave of treasures" Meanwhile, the best I can muster about most tools I'm required to work with on a daily basis is: "This mostly works, I guess" RIP, Bob